Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages 1727-1737Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.026
Keywords
Aspen; Integrated fractionation process; Autohydrolysis; Formic acid delignification; Lignin
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31870563]
- Shandong, China [GRRC20180102]
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Integrated fractionation process based on autohydrolysis (H) and subsequent formic acid delignification (FAD) has been considered as an effective strategy to separate the main lignocellulosic components in view of the biorefinery. For the better understanding of the structural changes of the lignin during the integrated process, the fractionated aspen lignins were thoroughly characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT IR), C-13, twodimensional heteronuclear single quantum coherence (2D-HSQC) and P-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Compared to the milled wood lignin (MWL), the fractionated lignins had higher amounts of phenolic OH groups as due to the cleavage of beta-O-4 linkages and less alcoholic OH groups mainly due to the esterification of the aliphatic OH groups by formic acid. Demethylation action of the lignin was not significant during the FAD process. More syringyl-propane (S) units were extracted during the H-FAD process than guaiacyl-propane (G) units resulting in a higher S/G ratio and more OCH3 in the fractionated lignins. Furthermore, autohydrolysis of aspen at higher temperature led to more condensation of the fractionated lignins which exhibited higher molecular weight and more beta-5 and beta-beta linkages. The fractionated lignins exhibited high purities due to the breakage of the lignin-carbohydrate bonds. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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